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FMX 2016
Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Transmedia
April 26-29, Stuttgart, Germany
Ludwigsburg, April 19, 2016. One week before Europe's most influential conference on digital entertainment opens its doors, FMX releases its last and latest program announcements. Just a few days ago, Anne Kolbe, the Executive Vice President of Visual Effects at Warner Bros. Pictures, and Kathy Chasen-Hay, Senior Vice President of VFX at Lionsgate joined the FMX pr...

OZZY
Thursday 12th May at 11:30am - Arcades 3
Saturday 14th May at 10:00am - Arcades 2
OZZY is placed in a luxury kennel while his family heads to Japan. Unbeknownst to the family and OZZY, the luxury kenne...

“My Life as a Courgette” (Claude Barras, France). Adapted from Gilles Paris’ novel by Celine Sciamma, this stop-motion movie relates the story of a boy who’s taken away from his abusive alcoholic mother and put into a group home, where he tries to find his place among the other misfit kids. Sales: Indiesales
Programmation ACID
LA JEUNE FILLE SANS MAINS by Sébastien Laudenbach
World premiere, 1st feature film
France | 2016 | 1h16 | Fictio...

TROMAnimation FILM FESTIVAL will run Saturday, April 30th 2016 at Lucky 13 Saloon in Brooklyn
ACCEPTING ENTRY-FEE FREE SUBMISSIONS NOW!
TromaDance Film Festival, which is in its 17th year, will give birth to an additional free independent film festival. The first ever TROMAnimation Film Festival, organized by Gary Trimarchi, animation consultant and animation curator of the exhibition, set to take place at the NYC landmark Lucky 13 S...

With nearly 2,700 films received from 85 different countries, the Annecy International Animation Film Festival has once again set a new record!
Check out the short films, TV (series/specials), commissioned films and graduation films in the 2016 Official Selection.
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Animation is a genre at the forefront of cinema entertaining the widest public. With kids in the seats comes parents in tow. We'd love to hear from you! Register to Animation Day in Cannes
The tentacles of animation spread far and wide. Animation for the first epic Star Wars film gave birth to photoshop which has now become a verb as in "Has this been photoshopped?" If we include visual effects, green screen, classic and CGI, animation as a genre is...

The commitment of the Italian Government and RAI. Silvia Costa, Chairman of the Culture Committee at the European Parliament: “It’s essential that all media operators guarantee the respect of production quotas”
In March, in Rome, were held the States General of Italian Animation, promoted by Cartoon Italia (the Italian Association of Animation Producers) and ASIFA Italia (the Italian Association of Authors and Animation Professionals) in collabo...

Competitions 2016
The Holland Animation Film Festival 2016 organizes the following competitions.
The competitions for features, shorts, student films and Dutch films are open for films that had their premiere after January 1, 2015. Subscription for these competitions starts at the beginning of September. Deadline for application is 1 December 2015 (when the film is not yet completed on December 1, the deadline for the preview copy is 1 Ja...

Zootopia, Review: Viewtopia
By Siraj Syed
Zootopia (known as Zootropolis in some countries) is Disney’s 55th animated feature, in 3D computer graphics. The theme--unlikely buddies teaming-up to solve a crime--is not exactly a novel idea in Hollywood productions, but buddy comedy-drama takes an entirely new meaning when the buddies happen to be a rabbit and a fox, and the villains are animals too, for this make-believe tale is set in Zootopia, a highly civilised, modern and auto...

Zootopia (known as Zootropolis in some countries) is Disney’s 55th animated feature, in 3D computer graphics. The theme--unlikely buddies teaming-up to solve a crime--is not exactly a novel idea in Hollywood productions, but buddy comedy-drama takes an entirely new meaning when the buddies happen to be a rabbit and a fox, and the villains are animals too, for this make-believe tale is set in Zootopia, a highly civilised, modern and automated mammal world, sans human beings. Though there ...

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The objective of the first edition of Animation Day May 2015 was to test and validate the interest in the concept.
The objective of the second edition is gaining strength and going louder in celebrating the success and powerful rise of animation for short, long documentary and related technologies
Our goal is to set up networking tools gradually and for the long
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International Animated Film Festival Animator 2016 in Poznań.
You can still submit your films for the 9th edition of the International Animated Film Competition with a GRAND PRIX and a Special Award for the Best Feature Animated Film of 45 000 PLN (ca.10.000 Euros)!
Films can be submitted for selection till February 19, 2016. A prerequisite for being allowed to take part in the selection for the competition is seding short or feature animated film made in any animated techique, af...

FMX 2016 has coined its main theme for this year's edition: "Blending Realities." Following this headline, FMX creates a space to analyze, discuss and try out the realities of others in Art, Technology and Business. What are the mindsets and conceptualization methods of my own and neighboring industries, which pipelines and distribution models are available? In thinking outside the box, FMX brings together people from across different sectors so they may discover the opportunitie...

Animation Day in Cannes is dedicated to promoting the art of animation in all its forms, promoting animation professionals and related technologies and providing networking opportunities.
Animation Day in Cannes happens May 18th 2016 during the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, the largest gathering of international film media in the world.
JOIN the Who's Who in animation in Cannes Register for free
Join the Catalogue of Animation projects in Cannes&n...

Animation Day in Cannes is dedicated to promoting the art of animation in all its forms, promoting animation professionals and related technologies and providing networking opportunities.
Animation Day in Cannes happens May 18th 2016 during the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, the largest gathering of international film media in the world.
JOIN the Who's Who in animation in Cannes Register for free
Join the Catalogue of Animation projects in Cannes&n...

Submissions are open for the Norwich Film Festival. We have cash prizes, software prizes, an opportunity to have your film watched by those who work in the business & a chance to have your film screened in front of a live audience! bit.ly/UIjp9V
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Peanuts, Review: Dog and underdog
Undeniably, there is a large section of American comic-strip fans who are nuts about peanuts. There is a small section of Indians who feel the same, and have followed the exploits and ‘profound’ philosophy of good ol’ Charlie Brown and his dog Snoopy, for decades.
Charles M. Schulz’s comic strip, Peanuts, first appeared in newspapers in 1950. Recently, there have been Bill Melendez-directed animated projects featuring Charlie Brown, c...

16 ANIMATED FEATURES SUBMITTED FOR 2015 OSCAR® RACE
Sixteen features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 88th Academy Awards®.
The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:
“Anomalisa”
“The Boy and the Beast”
“Boy and the World”
“The Good Dinosaur”
“Home”
“Hotel Transylvania 2”
“Inside Out”
“Kahlil Gibran’s The Pro...

FOXED! from James Stewart on Vimeo.
My Letter to filmfestivals.com editor
Hi Bruno,
I hope you are well. It is a sad time for Paris but be brave and know that the word is praying for Paris.
I just wanted to thank you again for your help with Foxed. We had a great run on the festival circuit and are now making the FOXED feature film.
I have posted the short film on Vimeo and in the Foxed Blog. Please pass it on. It is a true film festivals.con succes...